Comparative High Pressure Biology

ISBN-13: 9781578086382 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 575 str.

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Opis

High pressure biology is an old, fascinating and stimulating field of research. One of the major reasons for the interest in studying high pressure is that this environmental factor also plays an important role in thermodynamics and consequently in biology. Pressure, from a biological perspective, has a bearing on all living creatures. The book presents a panoramic view of this subject from molecules to the overall organism, via the cells and unicellular species, invertebrates and vertebrates, ectotherms and endotherms. This book provides not only the more recent results in each of its chapters but also suggests new directions for research.
The intended readership is postgraduate students and research scientists in various fields.

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Pressure and Cell Components
Protein Kinetics under High Pressure, S. Marchal, J. Torrent and R. Lange 
Protein Folding and Aggregation under Pressure, L. Smeller 
Pressure and Heat Shock Proteins, F.G. Tölgyesi and C. Böde 
Pressure Perturbation of Artificial and Natural Membranes, R. Winter 
High Pressure and Food Conservation, E. Dumay, D. Chevalier-Lucia and T. Lüpez-Pedemonte

Pressure and cell and tissue functions 
Pressure Effects on Cells, S. Daniels and Y. Grossman 
Pressure Sensing: Depth Sensors and Depth Usage, P.J. Fraser 
Pressure Effects on Mammalian Central Nervous System, Y. Grossman, B. Aviner and A. Mor 
Pressure and Osmoregulation, A.J.R. Péqueux and P. Sébert 
Muscle Function and High Hydrostatic Pressure, O. Friedrich 
Pressure and Reactive Oxygen Species, C. Moisan, A. Améranda, Y. Jammes, C. Lavoute and J.J. Risso

Pressure and living organisms 
Piezophilic Prokaryotes, D. Prieur, D. Bartlett, C. Kato, Ph. Oger and M. Jebbar
Effects of the Deep Sea Environment on Invertebrates, J.F. Siebenaller
Fish and Pressure, A. Damasceno-Oliveira and P. Sébert
Pressure Tolerance in Diving Mammals and Birds, M. Castellini

Pressure and Man
Introduction to the Effects of Pressure on Human Organisms and Other Mammals, J.C. Rostain
Ventilatory and Circulatory Responses to Diving, Y. Jammes
Inert Gas Narcosis, J.C. Rostain and C. Lavoute
The High Pressure Nervous Syndrome, J.C. Rostain, J.J. Risso and J.H. Abraini
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, S.R. Thom
High Hydrostatic Pressure and Cancer, G. Blümelhuber
Working Under Pressure, J.C. Le Péchon

O autorze

Philippe Sébert, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO, Université de Brest, France) where he teaches bioenergetics and physiology. He is the head of the team ORPHY-EA4324 (www.physioloqy-orphy.fr). He has collaborated with a large number of both national and international senior scientists. P. Sébert has presented over 20 invited lectures at international meetings, has published more than 100 research papers and has contributed to several books. His major interest is the effect of high hydrostatic pressure on fish energy metabolism, mainly the migrating eel.